THE VERDUGO HUUT (hootenay) Please join your neighbors and friends for live performances of the Beach Boys, Donovan and more by some of LA’s greatest artists! Prizes, home made snacks, hot pretzels, beer, soft drinks and wine. Ages 13 and up. Tickets are available online @uuverdugohuut.com or at the door $15. Mention this ad and get a […]
By Charly SHELTON The Mighty Thor can be found again on screen and with him comes another, also mighty, Thor. With this many Thors, one movie theater screen just isn’t enough. ScreenX is a new movie theater format that takes over the whole room with 270 degrees of projection. In a normal theater, the front […]
Brand Library & Art Center presents “Generations,” an exhibition exploring abstract art in Los Angeles over four generations. Abstract art thrives in Los Angeles – whether minimal, geometric or material – always has someone making abstractions. “Generations” attempts to document a line of inheritance passing from parent to child, teacher to students, older to younger. […]
The 2022 Brand Summer Music Series will consist of outdoor concerts at Brand Library & Art Center (1601 W. Mountain St. Glendale) on Fridays through Sept. 16. These concerts begin at 7 p.m. and feature music groups from Southern California and beyond. Seating is not provided; visitors are welcome to bring a chair or blanket […]
LCIF News The recent weeklong vacation Bible school at Lutheran Church in the Foothills left dozens of kids with fun-filled memories. It also helped raise money to purchase desperately needed medical supplies for people in war torn Ukraine. VBS participants, volunteers and their families donated more than $400 through daily offerings. LCIF is partnering with […]
Van Halen Played La Cañada and Montrose – The La Cañada High Show Van Halen was a largely unknown band in the early 1970s. The band played backyard parties, parks and small festivals all over LA, but mainly in the San Gabriel Valley area where bandmembers lived. I recently spoke to Dan Sullivan, who promoted […]
The 2022 State Budget Moves California Forward Every year, the state of California goes through a lengthy process between the governor’s Office, the Senate and the Assembly to finalize an annual budget. In last month’s column, I gave a preview of what was on the table. This month, I’m happy to share where we landed […]
Witnessing ‘Political Showboating’ The Crescenta Valley Weekly reported in 2014 Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich (Rep – 5th District) took aggressive action to stop the deadly hemorrhaging demise of the movie industry in Los Angeles County impacting many people, jobs and business, including those in Glendale and Burbank. On June 15, 2022 in Sacramento at the Sacramento Capitol building I attended […]
By Lori BODNAR Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) Academy of Science and Medicine students traveled to Atlanta, Georgia for the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The trip was worth it: the CVHS science research team won second place in the National SkillsUSA competition held June 20-24. Nearly 1,7000 schools were represented. More than 6,500 […]
Kelcie Peterson and Joanna Mikel recently completed their requirements for the Silver Award for Girl Scouts. The requirements included completing 50 hours of work. They spent this time learning about the Silver Award and investigating ideas for their project. They decided to create 100 backpacks for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital for children being admitted into […]